Abdominal Cocoon – A Rare Complication of Abdominal Tuberculosis

Abstract

Tuberculosis is a common infectious disease in an Indian subcontinent. Abdominal tuberculosis is one of the commonest forms of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (next only to tubercular lymphadenitis) encountered in clinical practice. Among the various manifestations of abdominal tuberculosis, abdominal cocoon also referred to as sclerosing peritonitis or sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis is one of the most bizarre and difficult to treat manifestation. The present review article discuss abdominal cocoon secondary to abdominal tuberculosis with characteristic imaging features.